The National Conference Centre in Dublin, designed by Kevin Roche, is a world class convention centre in the Irish capital. Mandated Lead Arranger DEPFA provides € 280 million of loan facilities, thereby incorporating a landmark PPP financial model. The project was awarded “Global PPP Deal of the Year 2007”(Infrastructure Journal) and “Global Leisure Deal of the Year 2007” (Project Finance Magazine).

A new Grade A office development at 125 Old Broad Street, based on the former London Stock Exchange building, will provide 31,344 m2 of new Grade A offices and retail accommodation in a tower style building. Hypo Real Estate Bank International provides a £ 150 million financing as joint Arranger along with HSH Nordbank. The borrower is a newly formed Jersey Property Unit Trust, with Hammer-son plc and two further investors owning the equity capital.

Millau Viaduc is the tallest and longest vehicular bridge in the world. Designed by Lord Norman Foster, it bridges a gap on highway A75, creating a continuous north-south route. For the € 573 million deal, DEPFA BANK acted as Mandated Lead Arranger for clients Eiffage and Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations. DEPFA’s innovative refinancing proposal was the use of an inflation-linked bank debt, which enables the borrower to hedge its natural exposure to infla-tion on the tolls. The Deal was awarded “Transport Refinancing Deal of the Year” by Project Finance Magazine.